THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. i M'KIHLEY'S LETTER Tb rrll-nt Inrrnta n Krr I'hraiiv, Dot Hl l.rMrr Una No Other Merit. From the New York Journal. President McKlnley's letter of ac ceptance resembles a folding bed with a piano front. When you look at It first you think It Is a financial argu ment, but when you let It down you flnd thut It It au apology for Imperial Ism. The Republican party has maintain ed that the silver question Is the su preme Issue of tho campaign. The president has kept up that profession. Therefore, he begins his letter with a disquisition on finance. Hut no rc all7.es thnt It would be ruinous to sit In a corner sollqulzlng about one topic vhilo the people were thinking nnd talking about another, and, therefore, after gliding lightly among a number of other Issues, he settles down upon the subject of Imperialism, nnd dilates upon It to the extent of 10,000 words. Mr. McKlnley Is entitled to the credit of Inventing a new phrase. Ho does not venture to sny that tho silver ques tion Is the chief issue before the peo ple, but he remarks: "If another Is sue Is paramount, this Is Immediate." He does not show, however, why It Is Immediate. He does not show that a Democratic congress would pass a free cnlnnpe law or that a Democratic ad ministration could disturb the present financial system. It is true that he furnishes one more contribution to the exposure of tho hypocrisy of Republi can financial legislation when he says thut it was so framed as to bo effective only "so long as those who adhere to this plutform are kept in control of the government." Dut his own secre tary of the treasury, In his sincere, mo ments, could have told him that any apprehension of finuncial danger from Democratic success was purely fanci ful. From the rittsburK Pont. President McKlnley, In his letter of acceptance, Insists there was no al liance with Agulnnldo by any of the American army or naval officers, but he does not tell how Dewey brought Agulnaldo to the Philippine Islands In an American war essel, and armed him nnd his followers, and co-operated with them. Nor docs he mention the fact that In June, 1898, Agulnaldo pro claimed the Philippine republic and raised its flag, and McKlnley never protested until the following Decem ber. Senator Wellington, of Maryland, has shown that the treaty with Spain would have failed of ratification had not a promise to guarantee tho ulti mate Independence of the Philippines been made, only to be broken as soon as the treaty was ratified. McKlnley says the Flipluos began the conflict, but falls to quote Gen. Otis, showing how the fighting was begun by the Americans, and how he rejected Agul naldo's plea for a suspension of hos tilities and insisted upon war to Its end. He claims the largest portion of the Filipinos "are loyal to us," but he neglects the fact that nowhero out of the sight of the American Hues In the Philippines can an American go In safety. The McKlnley letter is un doubtedly smart, but how this world Is given to smart lying. From thJ Springfield (Mass.) Republican. We can find hi this letter of accept ance no word indicating any change In ine policy of Mr. McKTnley a ndmlnis tratlon to hold the Philippines, and hold them forever, as a subject colony of the United States. The president makes free use of the words "liberty" and "elf government" as the end of his purposes respecting those Islands, but these words are plnlnly not used in their full and accepted meaning. It Is "self government" under absolute American sovereignty which he plain iy means. It Is "liberty" within lines drawn by an absolute alien power which he clearly has In mind. And this Is the "liberty" of the vassal and the slave nothing more. From the Unrrlaburg Star-Independent Every man is right in claiming full credit for what he has accomplished nd no one will complain because the President 1b generous In praise of him self. But a bountiful providence had something to do with the prosperity which has prevailed during the last three years and other Influences, not 'thln the control of the administra tion, worked auspicious results. In view those facts the president's pretense that the administration Is responsible or all is foolish, if not false. Frotn'the Philadelphia Record. Ue pl'OBDerltv of th rnnntrv. the treasury surplus, the favorable balance of trade and all the favoring benefac tions of a kind and gracious providence ar In turn woven Into the president's narrative. The bad trusts are repro bated and the good trusts mentioned, "he tariff la fitted with a halo of com mendation, id even reciprocity is toarshalled before the eyesight of the aatlon as a thing of loveliness. From the Baltimore Sun. This may be Mr. McKlnley's idea of 'eilom, but It Is a monBt rous doctrine r the president of a free republic to Promulgate. Mr. McKlnley has . not "reiiBthened his purty's position by ' lattev of acceptance. He cannot convince the American peopje by such rguMents as he arrays In this letter nat the dangers of Imperialism as practiced by thiB administration are serious that they appear to be. QUAINT BELL TOWER. II I ii n Ivy-Covered Vlr Tr (top. poard to lie Older Than the Dla. covrrjr of America, When the first settlement was mnde on t'oTiimpMcrnient buy, Pupet sound, It was simply n lumber camp nnd trading post. After the Northern Pu rl fie railroad vtns completed to f'om- nieiiceiuent bnj- a city was 1milt nn the high ground above the lumlint rnmp southward, and thnt Is the handsome city of Tnenum, Wash. The ancient lumber camp is now that part of Taenma which is called "Old Town" locally. Kurly in the history of Old Town an Kplsropnl 4 mi lit fN'igiK NELL TOWKIt. ..nil, Wash., Where It la Located, It Proud of It.) (Tat clergyman, now ltishop Morris, ol Oregon, built n little wooden church In the place, alongside of a huge fit tree that had been broken off about 40 feet above the ground. It was first Intended to build the church behind the tree and cut a door way through the trunk, thus innkinf; the tree the entrance as well as tlu bell tower, but this plan was aban doned. A belfry tipped witfi a cros was built upon the top of the tree, o bell placed therein, and swung. Tc this day the Ivy-clad fir is the bell tower of the church. A ladder run from the roof of the church to the belfry, and this is used as the np proach to the bell whenever it be' comes necessary to visit it. The "building of this church, which was named St. Peter's, was begun one Tuesday morning in the early 'TO's, and services were held in it the fol lowing Sunday morning. The ivy that clings about the tree has crawled under the roof and Into the church, nnd forms delicate green traceries along the inner walls. The bell tower tree is ninny hun dreds of years old, nnd was n good sized tree when Columbus sailed upon the voyage that resulted in the dis covery of a new world. Thus this forest monarch now forms the oldest bell tower in America. CATCHES TRAINS NOW. ChW-aito Trnvrllnir Man' Expe dient for l.euvtim "Time CalU" at Ilia Home. ' He is a busy traveling man, who spends more of his time on the road than he does in the pretty little flat In which he installed his young wife a couple of years ugo. Rut he drops into town at irregular and unseason able hours nirul slips away at such odd times and on such impossible trains that the slavey of the little family is kept in n perpetual state of nervous prostration trying to remember the "calls'1 he leaves with her. He is so used to depending on hotel clerks when out of town that he takes it quite as a matter of course to tell the girl to DOMESTIC PROBLEM SOLVED. (Chlcugo Drummer's Way of Impressing ilia Luzy Servant.) "Call me at seven" or "Let me sleep until noon." After he had missed a couple of trains through Martha's forge tf ulness he tried the old expedient of writing brief and mandatory notes, which he pinned upon his chamber door, but even this was not a glittering success because the slavey frequently failed to look for the notes. A week ago while hunting for a suitable memoran dum book in a stationer's shop his eve lighted on one of those cardboard ciock dials with movable hands which lawyers hang upon their office doors when going to lunch. The top was marked "Rack at" and the hunds were to be moved to the proper hour and minute, but the drummer saw how that could be fixed. "That's just what I want," he said, and he bought one and took it to his desk, where he labored 20 minutes with pen and Ink. The next morning when the girl glanced at the door of her master's and mistress' chamber she nearly fell in a fit. There was a neat card labeled! "Call us at" and un der it was a clock dial with the hands pointing to nine o'clock. The drum mer has not missed a train since, but he has had to explain the thing to seven people who huve called since be hung It vn in the hou.Fr. JK l yip M t& m mm. fifj 'mm SCMUHZ ANSWERS GAGE. The I'.x-rnlil set Olllolnl Invokes the Dentil)- I'nriitlel In an KfTeell ve Wny. Ctrl Schurz has witten, under date of Sept. JO, a second open letter -to Sec retary of tho Treasury Gage In rejoin der to the lattcr's reply to Mr. Schurz's first letter. In It Mr. Schurz remarks that the Gngo letter "only shows to what lengths partisan zeal will go in the nttmnpt to frighten the people Into tho belief that only Mr. McKlnley's re election can save thetn from general ruin." To Mr. Gage's remark that the He publican congress and administration would "probably" find it dftrtcult, owing to possible obstructive tactics of tho minority, tfti use its power before the Inauguration of Hryan to make It Im possible for him to put the finances on a silver basis, Mr. Schurz answers: "There will be no trouble about this If the Republican majority Is willing to do It. The Republican major ity In congress not only can, but, if only for Its own moral salvation, will do this thing In case of necessity, and you, Mr. Secretary, then relieved of your partisan campaign service, will, as a good citizen, he one of the first to urge It to be done, If you sincerely think the currency law to be as defec tive as in your recent threat of disas ter you represent It to be." , Mr. Schurz also quotes Mr. Gage's declaration In an Interview on July 15 as an answer to the apprehension ex pressed by him six week's later. "I be lieve," said Mr. Guge on July 15, "that silver will never drop below par in gold. The crux of the proposition Is that adequate measures have been taken by the new law to prevent such a contingency. in the event of Mr. Bryan's election I think the gold standard would be resolutely main tained so long as the law remained on the statute book." Mr. Schurz declares that the secre tary of the treasury's letter of Aug. 25 "Is an attempt to terrorize the Amer ican people with a threat of business disaster, thnt they may be deterred from considering any other question and from casting a vote which would amount to a condemnation of Mr. Mc Klnley's Imperialistic policy. I, for one, refuse to be terrorized. I am convinced that the battle for sound money Is substantially won, and that whatever apparent danger to the gold standard may still arise It must and can be overcome without the people subjecting themselves to a moral thral dom keeping them from Independent and conscientious action upon public questions of equal ana even superior Importance." A 1'nlted Tlemnrrnejr, More than ever before In the history of the Democratic party all factions have been merged under the peerless leadership of William Jennings Bryan for a vigorous and righteous campaign against the un-American and vicious policies of imperialism, militarism, pro tection of the trusts and the other cry ing evils which the Republican party is pledged to maintain and extend. Four years ago the party was divided upon the issue of a financial policy, and today the Democracy Is once more firmly united and Is standing shoulder to shoulder In the support of an Issue of higher and more Immediate Import ance, because It Involves the very foun dation principles upon which this coun try is established. Everywhere throughout the country come assurances that many prominent men who left their party ranks in 1890 will this year march under Bryan's banner for the maintenance of those fundamental policies of government which have fostered our growth Into a nation, which can rightfully boast of her prominent position among the peoples of tho world. The Republican party has criminally committed itself to the policy of land grabbing, which has ever been foreign to the principles of a republic such as this, and it has become the duty of the Democratic party to protect the nation against the foes within, ever the most insidious and powerful. The Republican party cannot with any degree of truth assert that only a portion of the Democratic party is holding up the hands of its standard bearer in this campaign. It la not one section' of the country alone or one section of the country more than an other that if represented In the Demo cratic party for this campaign. In every state of. the Union, Including even the recognized Republican states, there Is a marked and ever increasing abhorrence of the evils which go to make up McKlnloyism, which will draw thousands of Republican votes to tho party which pledges itself to halt the government of the United States and drag it buck from the perilous course on which the present administration has launched It. In view of the expose which even the Republican newspapers have made of the starvation wages paid the coal miners of this state the campaign cry of "full dinner pall" soems something worse than a hollow mockery and a sham. With all their sneering at tni phrase, "the consent of the governed.' the Republican party managers will find that It is as firmly embedded in the Issues of this campaign as it la In tho constitution of '.ho UnPei Statea A Young Girl May be very old in suffering. .She is very apt to neglect the earlier symptoms of disease. Often when the takes treat ment it is the wrong treatment for Her case. Very many young women write to Dr. Pierce and consult him lv letter free. All such corre spondence i s strictly private, anil womanly modesty is spared the shock of Indeli cate examina tions, unpleas ant question ings ami offen sive local treat ments. " I suffered with frniHlr trouble," write! Miss Ague McGownc, of 1721 Bank St., Waiih Initton, 1), C. "t tried various rem edies but none srerneel to do any permanent Rood. The doctors said it was the worse ease of'iuternal trouble they ever had. I decided to write to Ioctor Pierce for heln. I received a very encouraging reply and commenced treat ment at once. I had not used the "Favorite Prescription " a week before 1 began to feel bet ter, and, as I continued, my health gradually improved. It is improving every day aud I still cuutiuue to take the medicine. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Makes Weak Women Strong and Sick Women Well. FOR THE AUTHOR! FOR THE STUDENT! Like Expressions, COMPILED BY A. B. BLACK. A compilation of similar expressions used by master writers, from the time of Homer to the present day. An invaluable aid to the author and the student of literature. An excellent subject index. Cloth, 112 pages, If l.oo postpaid. SCROLL PUBLISHING CO., 9 20 308 Dearborn St., Chicago, 111 EXECUTOR'S SALE OF VALUABLE Real Estate. ZANER FARM. The undersigned, executors of the estate of John Zuner, Into of Flshlngcreck Twp., Colum bia County, Pennsylvania, deceased, will ex pose to stile, on tbo premises, In said township, on MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1900, at ten o'clock 11. m., tho following described real estate, viz : Bounded on the north by Fish Ingcreek, east by land of M. Colder, and south, by land formerly J. M. Dewltt.and west by land of Daniel Whltentght, containing 178 ACRES and 37 perches of land, less the right of way of B. & 8. It. It., on which are erected a SETS OF FARM BUILDINGS. The same will also be offered 'In separate tracts, by dividing the same by the public road, or railroad, so as to place a set of farm build ings upon each tract, to suit purohnsers. The si. me being the late homestead of raid John Zaner. The land is mostly level, In a high state of cultivation. Zaner's station Is located upon tho truck Suitable place for the sale of coul Well watered, good farm for raising and salo of stock. The old turnpike runs through the tract, aloug which the buildings are erected. EUM3 OP SALE: S5 per cent., at striking down of the property; 25 per cent, thirty days thereafter, and balance one jenr thereafter, with Interest from November IB, luuo. Posses sion given April 1, 1901. MSutors. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. ISTATKOr HKSTKH A. MOORS, l.iTR OF (1KKIN WUOO TWP., DKCBA8RD. Notfco Is hereby plven that letters of admin istration, on the esruto of Hester A Moore, late of Hreenwood township, Columbia Co., 1'u., deceased, havtf oeen granted to the under signed administrator, to whom ail persorm In debted to said estate are requested t,o make payments, and those having clulins or demands will make known the same without delay to A. M. OK WIT 1', Aim'H, 97-t Oranseville, Pa. Clinton IIbrkino, Atty. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. BSTATB OP PKANCtB F. PK1NKKR, LATB OP Ht.OOMSHITKO, PA., IIKL'RASKD. Notice Is htueby given thut. letters testa mentary on the estate of Frauds J. Drinker, late of the Town of Hloomsburg, Ha., deceased. have been granted ro w. w. iinuKer. or seriiu ton, Pa., to whom all persons Indebted to said estate are reiiuested to make payment, and those having claims or demands will make known the same without, delay. W. W. 1)1(1 NK.KU, Kxecctor. Wr P. MEIGS, Atty. in Fact. 8-3U-t An Old House in Hew Quarters. James Keilly has moved his Barber Shop to the Central Hotel, room recently used as a parlor, on first floor. Newly furnished Expert workmen. Give us a call. 4-5-ly 1891. 1900 f EE Pi -OF- Bloomsburg, Pa. CAPITAL, - - $60,000 Earned Surplus and Undivided Profits,' 40,000 W. S. M0YER, President. A. H. BL00U, Cashier. DlttSCTORS. Charle V. liuuvoii, WtUlam fJfNfliw, Kevin U. fruik, ClmrlnH M. VrrreUng, ChrMophtr A. Kleim, William Krramer, Joaeph W. i'ivn, WiUUtm S. iloyer, B.M-liU B. W. M, Low, Pres. 3. M. Btavbr, V ice l'res. K. i). Tt'STiM, Cashier. REST Nil. Bl -OF Bloomshutio, Pa, Capital and Surplus, $162,500 Undivided Profits, $ 20,000 SAFK DEPOSIT liOXKS FOR RENT IN IiURGLAR AND FIREPROOF VAULTS. DIKBCTOltS. Dr. K, W. M. Low, Myron I. Low, Dr. .t. II. Vastlne, J. M. Waver, K. I). Turtln, Louis Gross, (leo. 8. Hobblns. Accounts of Itnnk", fnrporatlons. Funds and Individuals. Hnllclted I'pon tho Most LID eral Terms, t'onsls'ent with Good llauklr.jf. Ills Bloomburg Mm hi CAPITAL KO,nflO HL'KI'LUH -"0,000 OIKKCTOKS. Henry J. Clark, .loseph Hat tl, Wilson M. Kves, Hnmiii-I WlKfRll. llurvey W. Hess, A. Z. Rohoch Paul K Wirt W. II. Illcllar Morris 8. Uroadt.. Harrison .T. Conner, 1 mil R. Wirt, Owen W. cherlnKton, W. M. Lonifenberjfer,. Amon 2. Uchocb. , "..President Vice President Cashier Teller Business and Individual accounts respectfully solicited. Aug. 4, Ihw. -PROFESSIONAL CARDS.?- n. u. funk, ATTORKKT-AT-LAW, Mrs. la ft Building, Court H BLOOMSBURG, PA. A. L. FRITZ, ATTOHNrV-AT-LATr, Post Offic Building, and floof, BLOOMSBURG, PA C. W. MILLER, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Wirt's Building, SaiOom, BLOOMSBURG, PA. Joum o. frikzs. JOi c. i . FREEZE & HARMAN, ATTOUNKYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW, BLOOMSBURG. PA. Offices: Centre St., first door below Opera House GEO. E. ELWELL, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Columbian Building, 2nd Aoac, BLOOMSBURG, P,4 WM. h MAGILL, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. BLOOMSBURG, PA. Office in Lockard's building, Corner Main and Centre Sts. A. N. YOST, ATTORNKY-AT-LAW Wirt Building, Court House Square. BLOOMSBURG, PA. H. A. McKILLIP. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Columbian Building, 2nd Floor. BLOOMSBURG, PA. RALPH R. JOHN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Hartman Building, Market Square, B'oomsburg, Pa. IKELER & IKELER, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office back of Farmers' National Bank. BLOOMSBURG, PA. CLYDE CHAS. YETTER,, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BLOOMSBURG, Pa. Office in Wirt's Building, W. A. EVERT, Attorney-At-Law. BLOOMSBURG, PA. (Office over Alexander A Co. Wirt building, G. M. QUICK, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, BLOOMSBURG, PA. Office over First National Bank. JOHN M. CLARK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office, First National Bank Bldg,, 2d FJoor, BLOOMSBURG, PA. J. H. MAIZE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE AGENT, Office, in Lockard's Building, BLOOMSBURG, TA. W. H. ItHAWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office, Corner of Third nnd Main Sts., CATAWISSA..PA. CLINTON HERRING, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Office with Grant Herring. BLOOMSBURG, PA. CiT Will be in OrangeviUe Wednesday of ?v 1 wee'-. WILLIAM C. JOHNSTON, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Office in Wells' Building over B. A. Gidding's Clothing Store, llloomsbnrg, P Will be in Millville on Tuesdays. II. MONTGOMERY SMITH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office i Wirt building, over Alexandei Bros. II-I6-99 EDWARD. FLYNN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CENTRALIA, PA. rsrofflce Llddlcot building, Locust avenue . J. S. JOHN, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office and residence, 410 Main St. 3-70-1" HI.OGMS1 LM., TA hiinhv w. chahpi.in, m. d. hih(;i:on. GENERAL SURGERY, SURGERY OF THE EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT. Over Farmer's National Bank Blooma burg, Pa. if -10-99 STKIUL ATTFNTICN TO DlrSAHKB OF CHI1.DBI II. BIERMAN, M. D. IIOMSOFATHICPIIYSICIANAND SUKfllrOU orrici docrs: Office & Residence, 4th Bt., Until 9 a. M., 1 to S and 7 to 8 P. M. BI.OOMFBUBG, ft J. J. BROWN, M. D., Market ' Street; Bloomsburo, Pa THE EYE A SPECIALTY. Eyes treated, tested, fitted with glares and Artificial Eyes supplied. Hours 10 to 4. Telephone connMtHi DR. M. J. HESS, DENTISTRY IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, Crown and bridge work SPECIALTY, Corner Main and Centre Stre-t , BLOOMSBURG, PA. Dr. W. II. HOUSE, SURGEON DENTIST, Offlo 1 Barton's Building, Main below Markr BLOOMSBURG, Pa. All styles of work done in a superior and all work warranted as represented. TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAI. by the use of Gas, and free of charge kn artificial teeth are inserted. tsT'To be open all hours during the day. DR. C. S. VAN HORN, DENTIST - Office corner of East and Main Streets op posite Town Hall. Office hours 8:80 to la a. m ; s to 5 p. m. BLOOMSBURG, PA. C. WATSON McKELVY, FIRE INSURANCE AGENT. (Successor to B. F. Uartman Hepresents twelve of the strongest Comett es In the world, among which are: CASH CAPITAL. Franklin of Phlla.. f4co,toii Penn'a. Phlla 400,000 Uueen,of N. 1'.. roo,noo est Chester, N. Y. soo.txo N. America, Phlla. 3,000,(00 TOTAL BDBPLOa ASRITH. OV1B AXL H,lt,!l.'V $1,000,8 8,8,160 ,41t, 8, M8,tt)5 1,081, 1,7M,WT 4 9, r30,t 2,SM,T Office First Nat'l Bank Bldg., 2d floor. rTI.osses promptly adj usted and paid. M. P. LUTZ & SON, (SUCCESSORS TO FRKAS BKOWN) INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE AGENTS AND BROKE S. o N. W. Corner Main and Centre. Streets, BLOOMSBURG, PA. , o - Represent Seventeen as good Com pas ies as there are in the Wrorld and l' losses promptly adjusted and palu at their Office. CHRISTIAN F. KNAPP, FIR INSURANCE, BLOOMSBURG, PA. Home, of N. Y. ; Merchants of Newark N. T.i Clinton. N. Y. :Peor.V'. M V ,ba. ing, Pa ; German American Ins. Co.. Naw ' vjreenwien insurance to., New York 1 Jersey City Fire Ins. Co., Jersey City, W. I. These old cornnrtinn r ,n . . by age and fire tested, and have nerer yt . IU Kiuca oy any court ol Jaw. TMli assets are all invested in solid securities, me liable to the hazard of fire only. Losses promptly and honestly adjusts paid as soon as determined, by Chrinlti. f Knapp, Special Agent and Adjuster, Blocs, burg, Pa, ' The people of Columbia county shovi patronize the agency where losses, if a ue Kciueo. ana paid by one of their wmzena. CITY HOTEL, W. A. Hartzel, Prop. No. 121 West Main Street, 3"Large and convenient sample rooms, bath mm toiU water, una modern cor. Tciuci.tcs. uar stocked with best wine i and mjuors. r irst-ciass livery attached. (FORMERLY CENTRAL HOTEL) BLOOMSBURG, PA. New sample rooms, large nnd convenient. Recently rarered, painted and re-furnished. Everything up to date. Excellent facilities Tor travelling men. (Jood stabling. 5 3 C. B. ENT, Proprietor. EXCHANGE HOTEL, G. Snydkr, Proprietor, (Opposite the Court House) BLOOMSBURG, Pa. Large and convenient sample rooms. Bath rooms hot and cold water, and all modern conveniences